Victor Steinbrueck (December 15, 1911, Mandan, North Dakota - February 14, 1985) was a Seattle architect, and University of Washington faculty member, and best known for his efforts to preserve the city's Pioneer Square and Pike Place Market.
Steinbrueck came to Seattle from North Dakota in 1913. In 1930 he enrolled in the University of Washington program in architecture, graduating in 1935 with a Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.). In this perio...
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Victor Steinbrueck (December 15, 1911, Mandan, North Dakota - February 14, 1985) was a Seattle architect, and University of Washington faculty member, and best known for his efforts to preserve the city's Pioneer Square and Pike Place Market.
Steinbrueck came to Seattle from North Dakota in 1913. In 1930 he enrolled in the University of Washington program in architecture, graduating in 1935 with a Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.). In this period he also worked in the Civilian Conservation Corps. After apprenticing in a number of private Seattle firms and serving in the military during World War II, he joined the faculty of Architecture at the University of Washington in 1946. He also initiated his own practice and, over the next two decades, designed a series of regional-modernist residences, built with indigenous materials suited to the climate.
Steinbrueck's focus on the character of Seattle's architecture and urban places dates from the early 1950s when he authored A Guide to the...
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